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Vince Scafaria 🇺🇸☮️🌻

2 years

Debunking the dangerous #economic myths that threaten #democracy (FULL VIDEO)

Debunking Economic Myths in Service of Democracy (FULL VIDEO)

Democracy has come under siege in the US and globally. Perpetuation of economic myths has been a major cause. As a CFA, Wharton alum, and former I-banker who...

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OK. This is not OK. We're not OK. Johnson not seating Suozzi looks like a practice run for some devious Jan 6, 2025 trickery involving the twelfth amendment and 26 GOP states. Per @Thom_Hartmann

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Massive rally against Orban. Watch the speech and the crowd. #NAFO #Hungary The GOP wants to turn America into Orban’s Hungary. Meanwhile, the people of 🇭🇺 want to restore democracy. PS - I’m only seeing this 4 days later? C’mon, Twitter!

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Hungary speaking out against the corrupt Vatnik Orban

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Watching the UK🇬🇧 self-immolate❤️‍🔥, first with Brexit and now the disastrous libertarian economic policies of Liz Truss, it’s time to debunk the Scarcity Myth. 1/🧵 #ScarcityMyth

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I’d like to share 3 impactful classroom experiences I had as a child in the 80s. 1) In third grade, there were no African Americans in our school. No idea how, but true. Our teacher explained what stereotypes and prejudice were. Then she handed out a worksheet to each student.

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You shouldn’t need to have a gay sibling to support gay rights. You shouldn’t need to have a trans kid to support trans people. You shouldn’t need to have had a pregnancy scare to support women’s rights. You’re a human. We’re all humans…

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Here’s how Bannon, the Mercers, and Putin weaponized neuroscience to declare war on democracy. 1/🧵 #neuroscience #antifascism #democracy

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Great teachers help children discover empathy, awareness, understanding, and critical thinking. Maybe that’s “woke”. But I’m sure I’m a better man, better father, husband, and co-worker thanks to these teachers…

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These aren’t “social issues”. They’re human rights. These aren’t rights that should need a Senate vote. They are “certain inalienable rights”…

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I’m sorry to bring everything back to democracy vs. fascism these days, but the question of how we raise our children is always at the heart of the struggle. Fascists don’t want empathy, critical thinking, and awareness…

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10 months

I’ve been looking for this!!

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10 months

My favourite video to go back to every time I hear these religious nuts talking non-sense like this.

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Ross Perot once said (as told to Laureen Powell Jobs in NYT), “Never forget that there’s a child out there… he’s starving. And he’s way smarter than you.” We need PUBLIC schools to provide a great education like the one I received so these minds are not wasted.

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@joncoopertweets @YongKhor1 It’s satire. But the best damn satire I’ve seen in a long time.

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@lapatina_ Ukraine inspires me every day. I hope you continue to remind Americans and the world what it means to invest in community, democracy, and social cohesion. And I look forward to visiting my friends in a free Ukraine.

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We already have the 9th Amendment here in the US: “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

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I had no problem with the first three. But I remember hesitating on that last one. I don’t remember what I marked down on the paper. But I knew inside I was uncomfortable. I also knew I was wrong. This was a very powerful and positive experience. I remember it 40 years later.

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That includes the obviously legitimate right to privacy. It includes the obvious right to cross state lines for health care (also enumerated). It includes the right to be treated like a full human person.

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Vince Scafaria 🇺🇸☮️🌻

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The far right began with James Buchanan and the Kochs pushing back against Brown v. Board of Education, as @NancyMacLean5 documents. Betsy DeVos and anti-CRT and intimidating educators at BoEd meetings are part of that legacy…

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2) In ninth grade Mr. Landman and Mrs. Denny taught us about dehumanization. We visited the Holocaust museum. We read 1984. And I wrote this as a 14 year old:

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2 years

After reading 1984 back in 1989 (at age 14), I wrote this dystopian short story. Thank you, Mr. Landman, for encouraging us to explore fascism and dehumanization at such an impressionable age. pg. 1 of 4 #thankateacher #dontbanbooks #freedom #democracy #antifascism #Orwell1984

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I’m proud of the teachers I had 40 years ago. And I’m proud of those who serve us bravely today. I just wish it didn’t require so much bravery to do the right thing for our kids. ☮️

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2 years

You know Bannon & the Mercers co-founded Cambridge Analytica. You know CA stole psych profiles on 87 million Americans via Facebook. You may even know the data was shared with Russia. Do you know why that data created such a powerful attack vector? 2/🧵

Whistleblower: Cambridge Analytica shared data with Russia

Political consulting group Cambridge Analytica used Russian researchers and shared data with companies linked to Russian intelligence, a whistleblower told a congressional hearing on interference in...

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The last section of page 12 read, “Do not do this assignment. Hand in 12 blank worksheets.” Erase erase erase… [narrator: Learning experience!]

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Anyhow, I’m just one middle age white guy from a mostly-white town. But thanks to these teachers and my wonderful parents (who were aligned by the way), my identity isn’t wrapped up in race or class…

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Jesus was crucified for his liberal views by powerful men who saw his message of loving all people as a threat to the hierarchy they controlled. He cared for “the least of My brethren”, spoke no ill of gay people, was kind to women, healed the sick, silent on abortion. 1/2

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Dear Press: This is a serious man. You need to step up and match the moment. Follow his example. Let’s keep this thing called America rolling, ok? ❤️🇺🇸 #BidenHarris2024

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They promote nihilism and ending democracy as part of a libertarian fever dream. Influencing primitive brain wiring and sorting populations based on elemental disgust reflexes was the far easier and salient task. This was the true mission for Bannon, the Mercers, and Putin. 12/🧵

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Mastery at the podium. Decency to his core. Thank you, Mr. President.

Mike Gerald Gibbs🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦(He/Him)

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The President of the United States just scolded the Conservative caucus for not clapping for 50% women cabinets. The Conservatives are now an international embarrassment. The whole world just saw that. Thank you Joe!

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@OurShallowState Let’s also add a few states like DC and PR so they don’t pull that constitutional convention shit.

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I doubt that teachers today could provide experiences like these, which I remember vividly and fondly at 48, in todays environment…

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@CalltoActivism Ideal of they could post this in its place:

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“Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey” - on Netflix. This is a cautionary tale. Powerful people have been working 40+ years toward a fundamentalist patriarchal theocracy in the US. Time is running short to choose #democracy instead. A 🧵1/13

‘Keep Sweet’ Director Rachel Dretzin on Mormonism’s Darkest Story

The director shares some disturbing behind-the-scenes details with Rebecca Lavoie on ‘You Can’t Make This Up.”

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Many have minimized the Cambridge Analytica scandal, saying it provided insufficient data to influence our buying behaviors. But the Mercers didn’t fund Cambridge Analytica to make a few bucks from advertisers. 11/🧵

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George Santos plays an important role for far right extremists. He moves the Overton Window. The unthinkably bad becomes merely bad, eventually becomes passé. Here’s a terrific essay on the OW:

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Maga is morphing. Don’t let it. Some ideas... 1/🧵

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@BillKristol @AimingHigher11 The main reason I still hear for voting R is economics. Well, 10 of last 11 recessions began on an R president’s watch! 8 GOP economic myths debunked here. Please share! Debunking Economic Myths in Service of Democracy (FULL VIDEO)

Debunking Economic Myths in Service of Democracy (FULL VIDEO)

Democracy has come under siege in the US and globally. Perpetuation of economic myths has been a major cause. As a CFA, Wharton alum, and former I-banker who...

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**Brain imaging studies** reveal: “When we respond to a homeless person with disgust, we avoid considering the person's mind… We treat the person as equivalent to a pile of garbage.” I highly recommend clicking into this article 👇 6/🧵

The depths of disgust

Nature - At the borders of moral philosophy and neuropsychology researchers are trying to understand how the emotional underpinnings to our feelings of right and wrong evolved. A particularly...

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The Sanctity personality trait - being prone to *disgust* at that which is not “pure” - is the most dangerous to weaponize. 5/🧵

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@NaomiRHelm @Cre8NoH8 Oh my God, I don’t want to have seen that but I can’t unsee it. When we say we need police reform, this is what we mean! Two things can both be true: 1. Support law enforcement. 2. Hold law enforcement accountable. A cop beat my dad to a pulp when I was 15. Second-hand PTSD.

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The worksheet asked, “Which of these would make you feel uncomfortable to share with a person of another race?” A bus seat A water fountain A bathroom A family (for example your sibling marries someone of another race)

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For the past decade, we’ve mistakenly thought of surveillance capitalism as something unscrupulous Western advertisers use via Facebook etc. Too few recognize that enemies of democracy, both foreign and domestic, have been using these weapons in war against democracy itself.15/🧵

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3) Those stories were kind of “heavy”. This one is “light”. In first grade I went away for a month to Guam with my grandma (amazing!). I had lots of homework including 12 worksheets that took hours. As a 6 year old! …

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I read today about @RepLizCheney being “for” gay marriage today (great!), and that’s what got me started on this thread. But as I finish it, I’d like to suggest…

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If you’re catching up on the UK, read this @jaredbrock post. “Churches and pubs are applying for grants to become ‘warm spaces’ just to keep the nation alive this winter. No one else can afford to turn their heat on.” #ScarcityMyth 2/

Britain Is Trying to Win the “First Developed Country to Collapse” Award

Fake conservatives are desperate to plunge the nation back into feudal serfdom

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Moral Foundations Theory describes five innate universal foundations of morality: Care for others, Fairness/Justice, Loyalty, Respect for Authority, and Sanctity/Purity. 3/🧵

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(Typos intentional) George Santoes flashing the white p0wer sign while voting. Elahn bringing back Flinn today of all days. A script to ensure the whole world sees McCrthy “had to cave to demands”. All brilliant. Scripted. Srsly, a genius is pulling the strings. GOOD 1/2…

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The people who are most sensitive to the core personality trait for Purity/Sanctity are more easily activated by demagogues. Sapolsky explains this further in a clip I’ve borrowed within my Neuroscience of Fascism video. 10/🧵

Fascists are Wiring Our Minds

Fascists are Wiring Our Minds for Violence----------------------Fascists follow a playbook to dismantle democracy. Their plan is well underway, but there is ...

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"Nazi propaganda depicted Jews as cockroaches and rats; Hutu instigators denigrated Tutsis as cockroaches during the Rwandan genocide... identifying the enemy with an object of disgust throws up strong emotional barriers to empathy." 9/🧵

The depths of disgust

Nature - At the borders of moral philosophy and neuropsychology researchers are trying to understand how the emotional underpinnings to our feelings of right and wrong evolved. A particularly...

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Mike Johnson served as a trustee of the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission from 2004 to 2012. Also SBC, same timeframe: "hundreds of Baptist leaders and members accused or found guilty of sexual abuse of children" *covered up by leadership*

US Southern Baptist churches facing ‘apocalypse’ over sexual abuse scandal

A report named hundreds of church leaders accused or found guilty of abusing children and says survivors were mistreated

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This suggests that the more we can *humanize* those who the “sanctity” crowd perceives as a threat, the more we can de-escalate. Ex: My attempt to appeal to our common humanity regarding transgender human rights. 17/🧵

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Kids grow up straight or 🏳️‍🌈or 🏳️‍⚧️the way kids grow up right-handed or left-handed. It doesn't matter if the teacher offered left-handed scissors at crafts time. Let's all take a deep breath, ok? ☮️

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The first worksheet read, “Read everything carefully before you begin.” …

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We all value Care for others and Fairness. But as @jonhaidt points out, conservatives value Loyalty, Authority, and Sanctity much more than liberals. 4/🧵

Jonathan Haidt's Moral-Political Psychology

Is the key to resolving the current political polarization more empathy for the values that guide the other side?

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CANCELLED my @nytimes subscription today. NYT top story headline (Haberman 🙄) confuses treason with absent-mindedness. “Chaos and Scattered Papers… haphazard handling of official documents” I’ve had enough of this. Cc @Heidi_Cuda @VegasVisions

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“Propagandists throughout history have been quick to pick up on the possibilities raised by the blurring of visceral disgust into a weapon for the in-group/out-group border patrol.” 8/🧵

The depths of disgust

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One of America's finest public servants 🇺🇸❤️ @RepJasmine

Izzy Ⓜ️Ⓜ️ 🇺🇸🦅

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There is not an immigrant crime wave, no matter how much Trump and his minions want to say otherwise. Here is @RepJasmine proving the point. She always has the receipts

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Everyone understands now, right?

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Way to go, Twitter. The network has suspended the account, launched yesterday, of Alexey Navalny's widow.

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*Fascists* exploit us-vs-them brain wiring to fracture society for *political gain*. "Fuse your identity with me, the strong leader, so that ‘we’ can prevail over ‘them.’” We need to keep “our” stuff (property, women, etc.) away from the alien “them”. 5/

Fascists are Wiring Our Minds

Fascists are Wiring Our Minds for Violence----------------------Fascists follow a playbook to dismantle democracy. Their plan is well underway, but there is ...

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The same brain patterns (amygdala and insula firing) are seen when responding to visceral disgust (cockroaches, maggots) as to moral disgust. 7/🧵

Robert Sapolsky on "us" vs "them" in military conflicts

In this video, Stanford professor, neuroscientist and author Robert Sapolsky replies to multiple requests for his commentary about the current situation in U...

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Wherever possible, underscore our common humanity. These aren’t “social issues”, they are certain inalienable human rights. Each of us only has a certain reach (mine is tiny). MEDIA 🎥📰 outlets need to understand and act at scale.☮️ More via thread👇END

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You shouldn’t need to have a gay sibling to support gay rights. You shouldn’t need to have a trans kid to support trans people. You shouldn’t need to have had a pregnancy scare to support women’s rights. You’re a human. We’re all humans…

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🧵on the student protests. Wish me luck... Beware of those seeking to fan the flames of conflict for its own sake. These things can all be true at the same time: 1/n

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I’ll fix your headline: “Republicans take United States AAA credit rating hostage, scheme up demands list so they can cut social security.” First paragraph should read…

House Republicans prepare emergency plan for breaching debt limit

The proposal, still under discussion, would direct the Treasury Department to prioritize certain payments if the United States hits the debt ceiling.

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This Nikki Haley bullshit is an opportunity for the Dems if they seize it. The 20% who’ve voted for Haley were voting against crazy. The opportunity is to underscore conclusive proof that *all* Republican leaders want to destroy America. No masks. It’s on. Vote 💙up and down.🇺🇸

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@HillaryKelly A book that shows how things could work here if we prioritized families and children: The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life. by Anu Partanen Capitalist system - but with health care, elder care, child care, and excesses reined in. Freedom to live.

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Wow! The U.S. ranks 32nd out of 38 nations in revenue as a percentage of GDP in the OECD due to failure to tax the rich. If its ratio were simply average, it would bring in $26 trillion more over 10 years. Per @HC_Richardson today. (You do get her daily letter on sstack, right?)

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SCARY AF

⚓️ 🇺🇸 Proud Navy Veteran

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Here is the Project 2025 Summary everyone needs to see. If this does not terrify you, you have not been paying attention.

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I'm a day late in sharing this. It's excellent. Know Your Bad Guys, by @gregolear

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Heartbreaking.💔 So brave and now… The world has never seen a police state merged with the NSA merged with surveillance capitalism (and will strong-arm even Apple). If Trump wins and Project2025 kicks in, burn your phone and stay indoors.

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Moscow police begins arresting people who went to Navalny's funeral. They're being singled out from videos of the event.

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Speaking as a father, husband, and small-business owner, please help me debunk pernicious economic myths. 8 more below. And now that politicians have 100% self-sorted into Possum Island Democrats and Zerosum Island Republicans, please vote blue. 20/END

Debunking Economic Myths in Service of Democracy (FULL VIDEO)

Democracy has come under siege in the US and globally. Perpetuation of economic myths has been a major cause. As a CFA, Wharton alum, and former I-banker who...

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Oh this 1,000,000 times this ❗️ #BidenHarris2024

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Joe Biden is a stubborn bullheaded old man. at the end of his career there is no next election for him and this is EXACTLY WHY WE NEED HIM. He can't be bought, bribed or bullied. These millionaire donors mean fuck all to. He could be enjoying retirement but he's doing it FOR US.

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@antifaoperative @MikeyMike1559 @antifaoperative I am so thankful for the work you do. Even just trace exposure to this level of evil is hard on the psyche. You hear the stories firsthand. Others endure the stories as lived experiences. I don’t know how. I’m so sorry.

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Amazingly, the same brain wiring for Sanctity operates at three levels: (1) cleanse the body (e.g. vomit if you swallowed rotten meat) (2) cleanse the community (e.g. see those “others” as disgusting; needing to be eliminated) (3) cleanse the nation(!) 13/🧵

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@scafaria

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I discuss this third level within a related thread (esp. starting at post 7). It relates closely to the neuroscience of patriarchy. 14/🧵

Vince Scafaria 🇺🇸☮️🌻

@scafaria

2 years

“Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey” - on Netflix. This is a cautionary tale. Powerful people have been working 40+ years toward a fundamentalist patriarchal theocracy in the US. Time is running short to choose #democracy instead. A 🧵1/13

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For 99.8% of history, the most reliable way to improve one’s lot in life was to take stuff from others. We are evolutionarily wired to divide the world into “us” and “them” using religion, race, ethnicity, and other tribal cues. The neuroscience: 4/

"Us vs. Them" Thinking Is Hardwired—But There’s Hope for Us Yet

Our implicit biases are rooted in biology, but they can be easily manipulated. That's both really good and really bad.

bigthink.com

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@scafaria

2 years

Thrilled to see @ReverendWarnock prevail! Imagine if @staceyabrams hadn't mobilized Georgians vs Koch-led voter suppression. One minute below on the 40-year effort to choke democracy. This is what we're up against. We need nationwide Abrams-style mobilization. Cc @DempseyTwo

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@scafaria

2 years

Top OSINT researcher @davetroy warns that the danger from Putin-aligned belief networks / cults has warning lights “blinking red”. Here’s my layman’s explainer of how/why strange bedfellows have aligned to tear down Western civilization and democracy. 1/🧵

Dave Troy

@davetroy

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1/Just to be really clear: the warning lights are blinking red across all channels. If more social channels had existed pre-9/11, it would likely have looked like what we see now. If the IC isn’t working overtime on this, we will fail to stop some asinine, avoidable provocation.

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@scafaria

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A friend asked, "Who are the #accelerationists ?" Basically, people who want to burn it all down so they can usher in something “better”. They don’t all have to agree on what comes next. So the clever ones can manipulate the naive into strange and dangerous alliances.🧵

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@scafaria

2 years

How do we counter this? There is some good news within the neuroscience. Yes, conservatives are susceptible to the Sanctity/Purity trigger. But they also value Care for others and Fairness/Justice in the 5-Factor (MFT) model. 16/🧵

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@scafaria

2 years

Of all the economic myths (my pinned tweet video debunks 8 of them), the #ScarcityMyth is the most pernicious because it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we believe in it and act upon it, we are *guaranteed* scarcity. 3/

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@scafaria

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*Libertarians* exploit us-vs-them brain wiring for *economic gain*. “There is a limited amount of stuff! Only those who ‘deserve’ prosperity should be entitled to it.” #ScarcityMyth 6/

Vince Scafaria 🇺🇸☮️🌻

@scafaria

2 years

Is the story of our times really this simple? Those who want to tear us apart so they can feast on the scraps in a zero sum game; vs Those committed to social cohesion, inclusive democratic institutions, and positive sum outcomes.

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@scafaria

9 months

Holy shit @lawler4ny — vote to authorize the funding, dammit

MAKS 24 🇺🇦👀

@Maks_NAFO_FELLA

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🤬 104 Russian torture chambers were discovered in the liberated territories of Ukraine, - Prosecutor General

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Fernand R. Amandi

@AmandiOnAir

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“The polices I represent are the policies of Trump & Putin.” — Marine Le Pen France please do not commit national suicide on June 30. Stop Le Pen. Le Pen = Trump + Putin.👇🏼

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Vince Scafaria 🇺🇸☮️🌻

@scafaria

2 years

Kids grow up straight or 🏳️‍🌈or 🏳️‍⚧️the way kids grow up right-handed or left-handed. It doesn't matter if the teacher offered left-handed scissors at crafts time. Let's all take a deep breath, ok? ☮️

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Will the US social security system “go broke” in 2035? Only if Republican politicians allow it to. The same number of nurses, doctors, and hospitals will exist in 2036 as in 2035. The real resources will be unchanged. #ScarcityMyth 14/

Vince Scafaria 🇺🇸☮️🌻

@scafaria

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@SenWhitehouse Suppose in 2035 Congress says SS has run dry. Nonsense. The real resources in the economy (nurses etc.) will still be there in 2036. Just pay the SS in 2036. It won't cause inflation because the real resources are unchanged in 2036. And US debts are in US$ so US can't go broke.

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- If you don't think Russian, Israeli, and Iranian operatives are helping fan those flames, fighting a proxy war on US soil via our children and university police, then you're missing part of the story... *PART* of the story; feeding off the complexities above. 8/n

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One-minute clip on the scariest thing #scotus has planned (this fall): Moore v. Harper Cc @BaddCompani @MySharonaBrown @JulipTide @SirAelfred @SheldonforRI @SenWhitehouse @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan

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@scafaria

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Incredible ‼️❤️🇬🇪 #Georgia #NoToRussianLaw

Jay in Kyiv

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This anti-Russian protest in Tbilisi is huge. Estomated 500,000 people in a country of 3.7 million.

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- That bears repeating: beware of those seeking to fan the flames of conflict for its own sake. - The Proud Boys showed up at Columbia, 80% of ASU arrests were non-students, increasingly violent protesters are wearing masks... 7/n

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@scafaria

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Jesus did speak out against false idols. He kicked the money changers out of the temple, angering those who mixed religion with politics and money, threatening their grift. Soon after, he was executed. Did Johnson and I somehow read a different book? One of us missed the plot.🤷‍♂️

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These things can all be true at the same time: - Hamas is a terror organization that committed some of the worst possible atrocities on 10/7. - Netanyahu is a Trumpian strongman, whose atrocious and criminal actions in Gaza deserve protest... 2/n

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2 years

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the Ohio map is unconstitutional. But the Republican legislature is simply ***ignoring the law***! MSM journalists - please read this man’s book. 👇

David Pepper

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As we watch Russia run sham referenda in Ukraine to claim legitimacy, remember: In Ohio, we are about to hold US House elections on a map that, per the OH Sup Ct, violates the Ohio Constitution. The GOP will say the election process somehow makes it all legit. So…same tactic.

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Today's must-read @Thom_Hartmann essay: "What Will Americans Do When Birth Control is Illegal? Are Republicans warming up the jail cells they want to put American women into who have the temerity to continue using birth control after the GOP’s bans take effect? 1/3

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The GQP is about to go through some things. Don't let it reassemble into a newer, smarter, more malignant form. Harness what we know about the neuroscience of maga 👆and what worked in campaigns like Kansas/Dobbs. 💙🇺🇸 @BaddCompani @MySharonaBrown @scotlandishson @RachelBitecofer

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Money supply wasn’t the constraint. Initial provisions weren’t the constraint. The constraint was zero-sum vs. positive-sum economics. The Possum Island crew proved that an economy can “do” whatever its real resources allow. #ScarcityMyth 13/

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@Schwarzenegger 👏👏Thank you, Arnold! 1 min video on Moore v Harper and the threat it poses:

Vince Scafaria 🇺🇸☮️🌻

@scafaria

2 years

And if SCOTUS rules as expected on Moore v. Harper, people like Doug with that "stroke of the pen" from the above clip could decide the next president. Here's 30-seconds on the upcoming case:

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Let’s talk about “But his debate!” You know how based on our networks and the stuff we hear some stuff gets amplified and takes hold as a narrative? The more someone is exposed to those narratives (which money helps amplify) Cc @MsMalarkey24 @BaddCompani @BlackKnight10k 1/🧵

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@scafaria

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If we don't re-elect @joebiden , this will all look extremely tame in hindsight. Those of us who have lived in democracy cannot imagine what it would mean to round up 11 million people and send them out of the country. 9/n

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@scafaria

2 years

As if on cue:

Buttered Jorts (fka kelly jensen) 🐱🐰

@veronikellymars

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Okay, y'all. This is going to be very important. If you work in public education at all, get protected right now. Lock down. Remove all your personal info. Do the same if you're in libraries. Build your PLNs on Slack/Discord/Private groups. Why? 🧵

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Dear @HC_Richardson , Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being one of the clearest, truest, wisest voices speaking about democracy. Thank you @amanpour for bringing credit to your profession, as ever, and for helping this message reach its audience.

Christiane Amanpour

@amanpour

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“I care deeply that the American people have an entire picture of what is at stake in this election. And where we are right now, after that debate, is not giving us that picture,” says historian @HC_Richardson . “It is my expectation, following the Supreme Court’s recent

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The last 24 hours on Twitter provided a powerful argument in favor of a wealth tax.

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@scafaria

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Please help me fight disinformation about #SocialSecurity with a Q/T to debunk the #ScarcityMyth . The *only* way SS runs out of cash is if feckless politicians let it. Here’s the proof 👇

Vince Scafaria 🇺🇸☮️🌻

@scafaria

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"The notion that Social Security faces bankruptcy begins with a fundamental misconception, that payment of benefits somehow depends upon the OASDI (Old Age and Survivors and Disability Insurance) trust funds. The trust funds are merely accounting entities." 2/

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This is just so good 🤣

The Ex-‘South Park’ Writer Taking On Moms for Liberty

Toby Morton started his parody sites of DeSantis (“DeFascist”) and Florida book banners for a laugh—but it’s turned into a nationwide crusade.

www.thedailybeast.com

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